#2A2496#2A2496

#2A2496 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.177 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2496
RGB	rgb(42, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(243, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(243, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 40.11, -60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 72.91, 303.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.8% 0.0156 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(35.8% 0.177 275)
XYZ	xyz(7.0889, 3.9553, 29.2381)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2496 #909624

analogous

#245796 #2A2496 #632496

triadic

#2A2496 #962A24 #24962A

tetradic

#2A2496 #962457 #909624 #249663

square

#2A2496 #962457 #909624 #249663

split-complementary

#2A2496 #966324 #579624

monochromatic

#0E0C33 #1C1865 #2A2496 #3830C7 #635CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#2A2496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#2A2496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2496

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2496	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.177 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7561b6',
    500: '#2a2496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2496;
$custom-light: #7561b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.158,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35799,
    "c": 0.17675,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.03956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2496

secondary

#B7BD59

accent

#E443DC

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2496

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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